Taking note of media reports of the thrashing by police of a Dalit woman and her father in Punjab and a group of teachers in the Bihar capital Patna, the Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the chief secretaries of both the states.
An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai while issuing the notice said: “We are taking suo motu congnisance…after seeing the disturbing visuals on television.”
Actor-producer John Abraham plans to donate and auction most of his clothes to raise money for a charity.
“I would like to give away most of my clothes to charity and empty my wardrobe. Our requirement is only two pair of jeans and four t-shirts, not more than that,” the 40-year-old said here Tuesday at PowerLight A Village, an initiative by Garnier Men.
The nomination of Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani teen activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education, is a huge honour for her and for Pakistan, a daily said Wednesday.
Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai, whose face is now familiar to the world as a symbol of the struggle against the Taliban, is one of the 259 candidates in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, an editorial in the News International said.
As opposition leaders demanded that former minister and independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya be arrested on suspicion of conspiring to kill deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Zia-ul-Haq, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday remained non-committal.
Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators staged a walkout in the state assembly, demanding the arrest of Raja Bhaiyya.
The chief minister said the matter was now referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation and one should wait for the law to take its course.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh government was protecting former minister Raja Bhaiyya, who has been booked for the murder of a senior police officer.
“The Samajwadi Party (SP) government in the state is protecting Raja Bhaiyya, otherwise he would have been arrested by now,” Mayawati told reporters here.
Independent legislator from Kunda Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya Monday quit as the state food and civil supplies minister after he was charged with conspiring for the murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul Haq.
Singer Shibani Kashyap, who recently tied the knot with Mumbai based actor Rajiv Roda, says he has been very lucky for her.
“It (life) has become more beautiful. I have to say this, I think marriage is highly recommended, especially when you find the right guy who you really love and who is your best friend and companion. And my life is complete now. In fact, my husband has been very, very lucky for me,” Shibani told reporteres Tuesday at the unveiling of Amy Billimoria’s new Indian wear collection.
Man held for stealing ornaments
(Siasat News): A house was burgled at Lalaguda, a village in Shamshabad where the house of one D Bhikshapthi was burgled where the burglars made their escape good with 2 tolas gold ornaments and 125 tolas silver.
The complaint of the same was lodged with Shamshabad RGI police. Police has started the investigations and after checking many people, a man was found by police who was actually involved in the burglary.
A felicitation function was held at Old city TDP office, Kotla Alijah on the selection of Mr. Ali bin Ibrahim Masqati as vice president Telugu Desam Greater Hyderabad for the 3rd time. Presidents, secretaries and members of various municipal divisions, garlanded Ali Masqati on the occasion.
Scientists have proposed a new portable gadget that could help one detect strokes based on eye movement, says an American study.
A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign, according to results of a small study led by Johns Hopkins researchers, reports Science Daily.
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and thrown into a river in a village in Manipur, police said Wednesday.
The body of the girl, who had been missing for the past three days was fished out of Haorang river in Imphal East district yesterday, the police said.
The body was spotted by some youths, who had gone to take bath in the river.
Family sources said the girl was missing for the past three days but they believed that she had gone to the house of her maternal grandfather.
They came to know of the incident yesterday.
Divyendu Sharma, who will be seen in the remake of light-hearted drama “Chashme Baddoor”, says working with David Dhawan is a big high for him and his co-stars.
Dhawan’s version of Sai Paranjpye’s 1981 romantic-comedy also stars Siddharth, Ali Zafar and newcomer Taapsee.
“Like you have in your life a bucket list that you have to do this and this, it is one of those ticks now. Doing a David Dhawan film is like a big high in our lives,” the 29-year-old told reporters said here Tuesday. He was promoting the film at a college with Dhawan and co-stars Taapsee and Siddharth.
TDP leader and TNTUC convenor Mohammed Shareef termed the union budget wishy-washy compared to TDP minority package. He told that Muslims also have no good expectations from the state minority budget.
Ranmastpura is a Muslim predominant area. It assumes importance for Quraish community since a slaughterhouse was running in the locality for more than 50 years. In June 2003, the High court ordered the closure of the slaughterhouse. The government proposed modernization of the slaughterhouses to which the court agreed and said that after the modernization is done the court order would remain cancelled.
A quick and simple breath test can diagnose stomach cancer, a new study has revealed.
Scientists from Israel and China found the test was 90 percent accurate at detecting and distinguishing cancers from other stomach complaints in 130 patients.
According to the British Journal of Cancer, the test could revolutionise and speed up the way this cancer is diagnosed, the BBC reported.
About 7,000 UK people develop stomach cancer each year and most have an advanced stage of the disease.
Government should explain the reason regarding remission granted to Syed Maqbool. Why the accused was released and on whose behest did Rajshekhar Reddy government take the step. Speaking to media persons here, TDP MLA Mr. G Muddu Krishnama Naidu demanded that the government conduct a comprehensive probe into the remission granted to Maqbool.
President Young Men’s Muslim Association Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Shaikh Sardar in a press statement told that National Council for Promotion of Urdu language grants financial aid to Urdu organizations which is for the Urdu organizations in all states across India but the present director of NCPUL, after taking charge of the post has neglected several organizations.
Expressing deep resentment over the remark made by Vayalar Ravi, AICC emissary for the state and Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, President Moment for Peace and Justice, Andhra Pradesh Mr. Hamed Mohammed Khan in a press statement labeled it a nefarious conspiracy to equate Telangana movement with any inferior or low level movement.
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced by the head of the US Transportation Security Administration.
The new policy conforms US security standards to international standards, and allows TSA to concentrate its energies on more serious safety threats, the agency said in a statement yesterday.
Widely seen to be the Congress’s Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2014 elections, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appeared to distance himself from such talk saying building the organisation was his priority. “Asking me whether you want to be Prime Minister is a wrong question,” he told party MPs in an informal discussion.
The issue of Rahul’s marriage also came up in his chat with MPs. “If I get married and have children, I will be status quoist and will like my children to take my place,” he told a former woman MP who shot the question.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday dismissed reports that he has resigned.
After rumours that Abdullah had resigned following the death of a protestor in Baramulla, he tweeted on micro-blogging website Twitter: “Note to others spreading rumours about my impending resignation. I haven’t resigned. If my resignation could bring a person back to life I’d resign in a flash. My responsibility to the state and people is to ensure incidents like today’s see justice done.”
Hyderabad blasts of two weeks ago is now 17, with the death late last night of 25-year-old Amrutha Ravi at the city’s Yashoda Hospital.
Ravi was brought to the hospital on February 21 from Dilsukhnagar, the site of the terror attack, by an auto rickshaw driver passing by. He was in critical condition and died close to midnight on Monday of a cardiac arrest.
On that Thursday evening, Ravi was out with friends at the busy marketplace that houses movie theatres and eateries, when the blasts happened a little after 7. His friend Rajshekhar died on the spot.
Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, who was arrested by Maldivian police on Tuesday, will appear in the court today. The trial will be held at Hulhumale Magistrate Court at 4 pm.
According to the Maldivian government officials, Nasheed was arrested after a third warrant was issued against him on Tuesday for detaining Judge Abdulla Mohamed, chief judge of the Criminal Court, during his tenure as the president.
Nasheed was arrested and taken into police custody at 1.30 p.m. Tuesday, Minivan News quoted police spokesperson Hassan Haneef as saying.
A woman was allegedly molested by a ward boy at a state run hospital here following which the accused was questioned today, police said. The ward boy allegedly molested a women patient in the operation theatre yesterday, they said. A ward boy of the NRS hospital allegedly molested the woman patient when she was lying in the operation theatre last evening, Deputy Commissioner, Eastern-suburban division, Satyajit Bandopadhyay said today. “We have launched an investigation. We are questioning the ward boy. Nobody has been arrested yet,” he said. PTI
Attributing intoxication as the reason behind 90 per cent of crimes, spiritual guru Ravi Shankar on Tuesday said everyone in the country is living in fear.
“Everybody in the country – be it Hindus, Muslims or Dalits – all are living in constant fear. People are so apprehensive about their security. Ten years ago the situation in the country was not so,” said Ravi Shankar.
Addressing a gathering in the city, he urged youngsters to join politics and said tough laws alone cannot prevent crimes.
A Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday will hear Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s plea against a lower court’s order to try him for culpable homicide and not amounting to murder in the 2002 hit-and-run case.
In his petition, the actor has called the magistrate’s order “bad in law” and “erroneous”. He was earlier being tried for rash and negligent driving.